A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . d up againstthe enemy. If the general governmentcan do anything to recover it to a condition in any respect equal to its formeiconsequence, they ought, in gratitude,so to do ; for where is the spot in theUnited States that has suflered so muchas Newport on Rhode Island ] While we are disposed to eulogizeRhode Island, there is one thing wehave always regretted, and that is itspenal code. In point of health and pro-priety, her prisons were far behind thoseof other s
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . d up againstthe enemy. If the general governmentcan do anything to recover it to a condition in any respect equal to its formeiconsequence, they ought, in gratitude,so to do ; for where is the spot in theUnited States that has suflered so muchas Newport on Rhode Island ] While we are disposed to eulogizeRhode Island, there is one thing wehave always regretted, and that is itspenal code. In point of health and pro-priety, her prisons were far behind thoseof other states ; and the severity of theirjmnishments far more rigorous than inmost of the other colonies and whipping at the carts-tail fell butlittle short of the Russian knot; andtheir ear-croppings and brandings longcontinued after other states had me-liorated their punishments for theft andforgery. The following shows the populationof the state at different periods :—In 1730, 17,935 In 1800, 69,122 1748, 34,1281774, 59,6781783, 51,8091790, 68,825 In 1850,147,654. 1810, 76,931 1820, 83,059 1830, 97,199 1840, 108,830. DESCRIPTION OF THE STATK OF NKW YORK. ]43
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